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FileWatcherService

This watches listed files in the configuration and alerts administrators if the files are missing or do not have the correct read/write permissions

Here are the steps to set up this service:

  1. Go on over to the releases page and download the newest binaries.
  2. Make a directory on your computer somewhere. I'd personally recommend C:\Program Files (x86)\FileWatcherService
  3. Extract the binary into that directory
  4. Go into the appsettings.json file and fill in the following settings
"fileWatcherOptions": {
  "timeDelayInMilliseconds": 60000, //  This is how frequently(in milliseconds) the service will scan the listed files default is one minute
  "emailTitle": "", //  The title/subject/topic of the email
  "emailBody": "", //  The body of the email that displays before the listed file errors
  "emailsToNotify": [ //  A list of emails to send the errors 
    "<emailOne>",
    "<emailTwo>"
  ],
  "filesToCheck": [ //  A list of file paths to check (this will verify that directories exist too)
    "<filePath>",
    "<AnotherFilePath>"
  ]
},
"smtpEmailClientOptions": { //  PLEASE DON'T USE YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL HERE. MAKE A SEPERATE EMAIL ACCOUNT FOR THIS SERVICE.
  "smtpClientUrl": "smtp.gmail.com", //  The address of your smtp email server
  "smtpClientPort": 587, //  The port for your smtp server. This is the default smtp port 
  "smtpClientEmail": "", //  The smtp user email address for authentication and for sent from address
  "smtpClientPassword": "" //  The smtp user password for authentication
}
  1. Open up an administrator powershell in the install directory and run the following commands a. sc.exe create FileWatcherService binpath= C:\Program Files (x86)\FileWatcherService\FileWatcher.exe start= auto(if you didn't follow my install location recommendation you're on your own )
  2. Open up the windows services tool and find the service called FileWatcherService and start it
  3. Now you should be able to find logs in C:\temp\fileTrackingWorkerService\Log.txt

If anything is broken or you see I'm missing steps please contact me at KyleMoran.mail(AT)gmail.com